Whenever there is a discussion about starting and running a business, the topic of motivation comes up time and time again. And who better to offer words of wisdom on the subject than India’s very own ‘baba’, or spiritual guru? Below is a compilation of some of the best motivational quotes from Indian babas that will inspire entrepreneurs to keep going, no matter what challenges they face.

1. Human society needs essntially fellow–feeling and unity. When these two are present, humanness will flourish. — Sathya Sai Baba

2. Duty is God;Work is worship. — Sathya Sai Baba

3. Affliction by that falsehood is the act of dying. To be free from that delusion is to attain Immortality. — Sathya Sai Baba

4. Truth is condemned as a trap; justice is jeered at; saints are harassed as social enemies. Hence this Incarnation has come to uphold the Truth and suppress the False. — Sathya Sai Baba

5. All are brothers and sisters. All are one, be alike to every­one. That is Unity… the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God. — Sathya Sai Baba

6. The feminine is the foundation on which a peaceful and happy world is to be raised. — Sathya Sai Baba

7. Love and forgiveness is not for the faint–hearted. — Meher Baba

8. Control of senses is an important human value. — Sathya Sai Baba

9. Discipline trains you to put up with disappointments, every rose has a thorn. — Sathya Sai Baba

10. The more a person becomes spiritually minded or advances towards God, the more tolerant he becomes and the less differentiation he sees. — Meher Baba

11. Human values should predominate in men’s thoughts. Human life has no meaning without these values. — Sathya Sai Baba

12. You must be ever vigilant to discover the unifying Truth behind all the scintillating variety. — Sathya Sai Baba

13. Worry has never done anyone any good, and it is very much worse than mere dissipation of psychic energy, for it substantially curtails the joy and fullness of life. — Meher Baba

14. I am formless and everywhere. I am in everything. I am in everything and beyond. I fill all space. All that you see, taken together, is Myself. I do not shake or move. — Sai Baba

15. A wicked person, swayed by evil motives and evil actions, is described as a demon. — Sathya Sai Baba

16. Seek your own Reality, That is what a wise man should do. — Sathya Sai Baba

17. The Avatar appears to be human and we are misled into thinking of him in these terms but the Avatar himself warns us against this error. — Sathya Sai Baba

18. What is the freedom a man can enjoy? Man is governed by certain restraints. He has to adhere to truth. — Sathya Sai Baba

19. According to the law that governs the universe, all sufferings are your labor of love to unveil your real self. — Meher Baba

20. I am you; you are ME. You are the waves; I am the ocean. Know this and be free, be divine. — Sathya Sai Baba

21. It’s a divine art to be cheerful. — Meher Baba

22. Cultivate a sweet temper and the sweet speech which is its natural consequence. — Sathya Sai Baba

23. Life is an opportunity afforded to each not to eat and drink, but to achieve something nobler and higher to merge in the Reality. — Sathya Sai Baba

24. If God can be found through the medium of any drug, God is not worthy of being God. — Meher Baba

25. If God can be found through the medium of any drug, God is not worthy of being God. — Meher Baba

26. What do we lose by another’s good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them. That should be our desire and determination. — Sathya Sai Baba

27. Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker. — Sathya Sai Baba

28. I am also a painter. I paint the hearts of people with colors of spirituality. — Meher Baba

29. At the root of all this is purity. Where there is purity there love grows. When purity and love come together, there is bliss. — Sathya Sai Baba

30. Things that are real are given and received in silence. — Meher Baba

31. People say ‘I want peace.’ If you remove I (ego), and your want (desire), you are left with peace. — Sathya Sai Baba

32. Man’s many desires are like the small metal coins he carries about in his pocket. The more he has the more they weight him down. — Sathya Sai Baba

33. It is only by means of purity of mind can you come close to the Lord. — Sathya Sai Baba

34. Service broadens your vision widens your awareness. Deepens your compassion. — Sathya Sai Baba

35. Develop the feeling of brotherhood of man and fatherhood of God. — Sathya Sai Baba

36. Have a sense of pride in your motherland. Just as your mother has given birth to you, so too the land has given birth to you. — Sathya Sai Baba

37. All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel. — Sathya Sai Baba

38. When you realize the Atma then there is no individual. — Sathya Sai Baba

39. Through endless time God’s greatest gift is continuously given in silence. But whenmankind becomes completely deaf to the thunder of His Silence God incarnates as Man. — Meher Baba

40. According to the law that governs the universe, all sufferings are your labor of love to unveil your real self. — Meher Baba

41. Love all. Serve all. Help ever. Hurt never. — Sathya Sai Baba

42. Practice the vocabulary of love–unlearn the language of hate and contempt. — Sathya Sai Baba

43. Human society needs essntially fellow–feeling and unity. When these two are present, humanness will flourish. — Sathya Sai Baba

44. When you want to be honored by others, you learn to honor them first. — Sathya Sai Baba

45. Seek a reality deeper than the changing forms. — Meher Baba

46. Prayer must emanate from the heart, where God resides, and not from the head where doctrines and doubts clash. — Sathya Sai Baba

47. Man loves because he is Love. He seeks Joy, for he is Joy. He thirsts for God for he is composed of God and he cannot exist without Him. — Sathya Sai Baba

48. There is no one who can change My course or affect My conduct to the slightest extent. I am the Master over all. — Sathya Sai Baba

49. In Sadhana there will be internal talk with God. You will give up all attachments and at­tach only to God. — Sathya Sai Baba

50. Who says God has created this world? We have created it by our own imagination. — Meher Baba

I hope this collection of quotes about baba has inspired you to appreciate the people who love and care for you in your life. Baba always has our best interests at heart, even when it may seem like he doesn’t understand. Baba will always be there for us when we need him most. Let’s remember to show our appreciation for babas everywhere!